Gala vs. Party

Galaadjective

Celebratory; festive.

Galanoun

(uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.

Galanoun

(countable) A showy and festive party.

Galanoun

(historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

Galanoun

Pomp, show, or festivity.

Galanoun

a gay festivity

Galaadjective

offering fun and gaiety;

Partynoun

(legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.

Partynoun

A person.

Partynoun

A person; an individual.

Partynoun

With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.

Partynoun

A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.

Partynoun

Active player characters organized into a single group.

Partynoun

(video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.

Partynoun

A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.

Partynoun

(military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.

Partynoun

A social gathering.

Partynoun

A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.

Partynoun

A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.

Partynoun

A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.

Partynoun

(obsolete) A part or division.

Partyverb

(intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

Partyverb

To take recreational drugs.

Partyverb

(intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.

Partyverb

To form a party (with).

Partyadjective

Divided; in part.

Partyadjective

(heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.

Partyadverb

(obsolete) Partly.

Partynoun

A part or portion.

Partynoun

A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.

Partynoun

A part of a larger body of company; a detachment;

Partynoun

A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.

Partynoun

One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.

Partynoun

The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.

Partynoun

Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.

Partynoun

Cause; side; interest.

Partynoun

A person; as, he is a queer party.

Partyadjective

Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.

Partyadjective

Partial; favoring one party; partisan.

Partyadverb

Partly.

Partynoun

an organization to gain political power;

Partynoun

an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment;

Partynoun

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;

Partynoun

a group of people gathered together for pleasure;

Partynoun

a person involved in legal proceedings;

Partyverb

have or participate in a party;

Party

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing or other forms of entertainment.